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Monday, July 23, 2012

Revit 2013 Update Release 1

Revit 2013 Update Release 1 is now available and this time there is no need to do a full install instead service pack technology is being used. Download links below as well as a list of all enhancements.

Autodesk Revit Platform 2013 Enhancements- Improves stability when opening projects from previous versions of Revit. - Improves stability during Copy/Paste operations. - Corrects display of solid filled regions with transparent backgrounds. - Allows exporting of materials painted on elements to ODBC. - Improves performance of opening and closing sketch mode in projects with many families. - Improves stability when setting a Design Option as the Primary. - Improves stability when Fixed Distance option for a divided path. - Improves stability while browsing to Revit Server when there is no network connectivity. - Improves export consistency of Space and Zone elements when multiple elements have the same name and number. - Allows Raytrace mode to work with DirectX 9. - Improves stability when using Raytrace mode with Hardware Acceleration disabled. - Improves Raytrace mode rendering output. - Improves Surface Transparency override by element for multiple selection. - Improves printing consistency when tone mapping is enabled. - Disables Sun and SunPath from being rendered in Raytrace mode. - Improves stability when using manual exposure in Raytrace mode. - Improves stability when rendering views. - Improves stability and performance when using visualization features like Sky, Exposure, and Anti-Aliasing. - Improves stability when importing IFC data which contains special characters. - Improves the setting of custom parameter values during import of IFC data. - Improves stability when importing IFC data which contains an invalid line pattern. - Allows Markups from DWF to be exported to DWF. - Improves stability when drag and drop a DWG file into a Revit project. - Improves stability when importing DXF data. - Improves dimension fidelity when exporting to DWG with export units set to Meter. - Improves alignment of hatch and fill patterns when exporting to DWG. - Improves stability when selecting a new host for an element within an In-place Wall. - Improves section creation within a project with linked model. - Improves stability when working with Materials. - Improves the displayed Pattern Type assigned to an element with the Material Editor. - Corrects the display of the materials category within the Paint interface. - Corrects the printed display of fill patterns within perspective views. - Improves stability of Type editing when multiple element types are in the selection set.

Autodesk Revit Architecture 2013 Enhancements - Improves stability when closing a sketch editor, such as slab, site, etc., which create a large number of points. - Improves creation of U-shaped winder stairs. - Improves stability when editing winder stairs. - Improves performance when many railings exist within a project. - Improves stability when support type is not defined for stair. - Improves railing representation in coarse view.

Autodesk Revit Structure 2013 Enhancements - Improves placement of analytical nodes when in 3D views. - Improves stability when enabling “Show Analytical Model Categories in this View” when the Warning dialog is open. - Improves creation consistency with Physical Wall when coping an Analytical Model Wall. - Improves stability when editing an Opening within an object which spans to the boundary of an Analytical Surface. - Corrects the reporting of the “Structural Parameter” on slabs. - Improves masking of linked files by Mask and Filled regions in Structural Views. - Improves stability when placing Rebar. - Improves stability when copying Area or Path reinforcement between projects which have differing value for the Reinforcement Project Setting: “Host structural rebar”. - Improves visibility of round rebar when displayed in fine detail level. Autodesk® Revit® MEP 2013 Enhancements - Corrects the Slope value on placeholder pipe when slope is greater than 15 degrees. - Improves consistency when applying a slope to a layout which contains a transition. - Improves stability when splitting pipes which belong to different systems. - Corrects visibility of the center line when displaying rise/drop symbols. - Improves stability when opening a Revit 2012 project which contains a pipe placeholder schedule. - Improves consistency of unit formatting within Panel Schedules . - Improves consistency of adding circuits to equipment that are connected to a pipe or duct system. - Improves stability when adding a device, which is connected to a wire, to a circuit. - Improves display of annotation on duct and pipe transitions. - Improves stability when inserting duct fittings. - Improves stability when viewing Routing Solutions.

There are also several Autodesk Revit API 2013 Enhancements: - Allows Document.PostFailure to be used to post multiple errors during a single transaction that do not reference an ElementId. - Improves stability using UIApplication.DoDragDrop when a Revit command (such as the Wall tool) was active. - Improves stability by disabling keyboard shortcuts (except view zoom shortcuts) when a PreviewControl is active. - Improves stability in ReferenceIntersector.FindNearest() when no matching target pick is found. - Corrects validation logic to allow NewFamilyInstance to place face-based families on transformed family instances. - Dimension.Above and Dimension.Below now update the dimension after their data is changed without requiring any user action. - The properties MechanicalSystem.SystemType, ElectricalConnector.SystemType, PipeConnector.SystemType are obsolete in Revit 2013. Instead query the parameter RBS_DUCT_CONNECTOR_SYSTEM_CLASSIFICATION_PARAM on ConnectorElement. - Corrects data reported with ConnectorManager.UnusedConnectors. - Fixes a file corruption that could occur when extensible storage data was added to an element in a central file. - Improves stability when saving a file with extensible storage data that overwrites an existing file that also contains extensible storage. - RVT Links created with RevitLinkType.Create will remain loaded when the RVT containing the link is reopened. - Previously, setting 'suppressBendRadius' to true in method Rebar.GetCenterlineCurves() would cause both fillet bends and user-drawn, parameterized arcs to be omitted from the collection of curves returned by the method. The method now omits only the fillet bends; the drawn arcs are included along with the straight edges. - Updates Rebar.GetCenterlineCurves() method with an additional argument: a MultiplanarOption (enum), which should be set to IncludeAllMultiplanarCurves or IncludeOnlyPlanarCurves. This argument controls whether all curves of a multi-planar Rebar instance are returned, or only those which lie in the primary plane. - Enables method Rebar.ComputeDrivingCurves(). This method returns a collection of curves that includes the lines and arcs that drive the shape, but excludes fillets and hooks. It is equivalent to calling GetCenterlinCurves(adjustForSelfIntersection=false, suppressHooks=true, suppressBendRadius=true, multiplanarOption=IncludeOnlyPlanarCurves) - Improvements have been made in RebarShape methods that deal with matching RebarShapes to collections of curves: CreateFromCurvesAndShape(), RebarShapeMatchesCurvesAndHooks(). - Corrects behavior ot RebarShape.Create() method to not ignore the out-of-plane bend diameter specified in the RebarShapeMultiplanarDefinition argument object, and always used an internal default value.